{{Short description|Hybrid-Propellant rocket}} {{use mdy|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox rocket <!----Image and logos (optional)----> |logo = <!--logo filename (omit "Image:" prefix), required--> |logo_upright = <!--logo filesize, e.g. "1" = normal width, "2" = double width, "0.5" = half width, optional--> |image = Tala Hybrid Rocket.png |upright = <!--reduce width of portrait image to reduce overall infobox length, input "yes" to activate, optional--> |caption = <!--caption, optional-->
<!----Core parameters (required)----> |name = TALA |function = Technology demonstration |manufacturer = St. Cecilia's College-Cebu |country-origin = Philippines
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}} '''TALA''' is a hybrid-propellant rocket which is the first of its kind to be developed in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arayata |first1=Maria Cristina |title=Yearender: PhilSA 'resolutely' expands domestic space ecosystem |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1191408 |access-date=1 January 2023 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=26 December 2022}}</ref>
==Background== The rocket was made from 3D-printed advanced composite materials and measures {{convert|3|m|ft|sp=us}} and weighs {{convert|15|kg|lb|sp=us}}. It is designed to propel a Can Satellite (CanSat) around {{convert|5|km|mi|sp=us}} into the atmosphere.<ref name=tobelaunch>{{cite news |title=PH's 1st space rocket made from 3D printed materials to be launched in 2023 |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/10/phs-1st-space-rocket-made-from-3d-printed-materials-to-be-launched-in-2023/ |access-date=1 January 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=10 December 2022}}</ref>
TALA is developed by a team of students and teachers from St. Cecilia's College-Cebu. They have been assisted by the government's Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council on Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD).<ref name="different">{{cite web |title=A Different "TALA": A Hybrid Rocket Made By Pinoy High School Students|url=https://region7.dost.gov.ph/a-different-tala-a-hybrid-rocket-made-by-pinoy-high-school-students/ |publisher=Department of Science and Technology Region VII |access-date=1 January 2023 |date=14 February 2020}}</ref> DOST-PCIEERD awarded them a research grant in 2018 to develop the hybrid rocket.<ref>{{cite news|title=DOST-PCIEERD AWARDS 2ND BATCH OF YOUNG INNOVATORS|url=https://pcieerd.dost.gov.ph/news/latest-news/319-dost-pcieerd-awards-2nd-batch-of-young-innovators|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825164909/https://pcieerd.dost.gov.ph/news/latest-news/319-dost-pcieerd-awards-2nd-batch-of-young-innovators|archive-date=25 August 2018|publisher=Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
==Launch== The first launch attempt was conducted on March 11, 2020, at the Mati Airport in Davao Oriental. The rocket launch was scrubbed due to pressure loss in one of its tanks, but it was rescheduled for launch two days later. However, the team had to return to Minglanilla, Cebu immediately because of the ongoing heightened restrictions of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Francisco|first1=Mikael Angelo|title=A Different "TALA": A Hybrid Rocket Made By Pinoy High School Students|url=https://www.flipscience.ph/space/tala-hybrid-rocket-philippines/|access-date=19 December 2022|publisher=Flip Science Philippines|date=15 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TALA hybrid rocket to be launched in Mati|url=http://www.mati.gov.ph/make-it-mati-maganahay-ngadi/2020/03/10/tala-hybrid-rocket-to-be-launched-in-mati/|access-date=19 December 2022|publisher=City Information Office, City of Mati|date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pressure loss caused delay of Tala hybrid rocket launch|url=http://www.mati.gov.ph/make-it-mati-maganahay-ngadi/2020/03/12/pressure-loss-caused-delay-of-tala-hybrid-rocket-launch/|access-date=19 December 2022|publisher=City Information Office, City of Mati|date=12 March 2020}}</ref>
In early 2022, the TALA research team began coordinating with the Philippine Air Force Research and Development Center for the potential launch of the hybrid rocket.<ref name=tobelaunch/> TALA had its first launch on May 20, 2023 from the Crow Valley Gunnery Range in Capas, Tarlac.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ronda |first1=Rainier Allan |title=First local hybrid rocket launched into atmosphere |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/05/22/2268080/first-local-hybrid-rocket-launched-atmosphere |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=The Philippine Star |date=22 May 2023}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to be launched a day earlier but was postponed due to adverse environmental conditions. It carried a "can satellite" as payload.<ref>{{cite news |title=TALA successfully launched in Tarlac |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/20/tala-successfully-launched-in-tarlac |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=20 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Philippine space program}} Category:Hybrid-propellant rockets Category:Space program of the Philippines